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Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja
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following the path;  yat —which;  ātmānam —self;  parāk —the body;  gṛhya —thinking to be;  paśu-vat —like animals;  bhūta —of living entities;  vaiśasam —killing.
TRANSLATION
One should not accept the body as the self and thus, like the animals, kill the bodies of others. It is especially forbidden by saintly persons who follow the path of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
The words  sādhūnām hṛṣīkeśānuvartinām  are very significant.  Sādhu  means a saintly person. But who is a saintly person? A saintly person is he who follows the path of rendering service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead,  Hṛṣīkeśa . In the  Nārada-pañcarātra  it is said,  hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate : the process of rendering favorable service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead with one's senses is called  bhakti , or devotional service. Therefore, why should a person who is already engaged in the service of the Lord engage himself in personal sense gratification? Dhruva Mahārāja is advised here by Lord Manu that he is a pure servitor of the Lord. Why should he unnecessarily engage, like the animals, in the bodily concept of life? An animal thinks that the body of another animal is his food; therefore, in the bodily concept of life, one animal attacks another. A human being, especially one who is a devotee of the Lord, should not act like this.  Sādhu , a saintly devotee, is not supposed to kill animals unnecessarily.
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सर्वभूतात्ममावेन भूतावासं हरिं भवान्। आराध्याप दुराराध्यं विष्णोस्तत्परमं पदम् ॥११॥
sarva-bhūtātma-bhāvena bhūtāvāsam harim bhavān ārādhyāpa durārādhyam viṣṇos tat paramam padam
sarva-bhūta —in all living entities;  ātma —upon the Supersoul;  bhāvena —with meditation;  bhūta —of all existence;  āvāsam —the abode;  harim —Lord Hari;  bhavān —you;  ārādhya —by worshiping;  āpa —have achieved;  durārādhyam —very difficult to propitiate;  viṣṇoh —of Lord Viṣṇu;  tat —that;  paramam —supreme;  padam —situation.